Members of the Chicago Teachers Union, unionized graduate employees of UIC, and others marched to show solidarity with striking University of Illinois graduate students in Champaign on Tuesday. The Graduate […]
Chicago’s legendary rock station the Loop (WLUP FM 97.9) will be no more after Saturday. The radio station, which first began broadcasting in 1977, has been sold to the Educational […]
The Chicago Board of Education will vote Wednesday on closing four high schools in Englewood and one elementary school on the Near South Side. Chicago Public Schools officials say the […]
Chicago Alderman Ameya Pawar (47th) is launching a non-profit news outlet he says will be a “progressive response” to the conservative Illinois Policy Institute. Pawar plans to launch One Illinois […]
The Coalition to End Money Bond—a group that has been working to end cash bail in Chicago—has found that while positive changes have been made in Central Bond Court towards […]
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is calling on lawmakers and Governor Bruce Rauner to pass a package of gun control legislation, which is expected to be taken up for votes on […]
Macy’s plans to sell off part of its building on State Street in a deal that would net the retail giant $30 million. The company will sell floors 8 through […]
The Illinois House will introduce a package of gun-control legislation this week in the wake of increased calls for reform after the massacre in Parkland, Florida. Among the proposals included […]
The U.S. Supreme Court will begin hearing arguments in a lawsuit that could cripple unions and erode workers rights on Monday. The lawsuit, Janus v. American Federation of State, County, […]
Activists gathered to protest deportations at the Gary/Chicago Airport on Friday, where a few busloads of people who entered the United States illegally were to be flown to Brownsville, Texas, […]
Vermont Senator and former presidential candidate Bernie Sanders endorsed Chuy Garcia for Congress at a rally in Chicago Thursday afternoon. “I am here this afternoon because we are living in […]
A Republican candidate for an Illinois State House seat is facing calls to drop out of the race amid allegations he used racial and homophobic slurs during a conversation with […]